The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-09

ers, but upon the whole, the outlook rs
unusually promising.
The June number of the Southern
Cultivator, that cold reliable" farmers
journal, comes to US with richly-laden
columns of valuable information for
Southern farmers. We always peruse its
crowded pages with interest and pleasure,
and we are glad to know that it has a
handsome patronage among the farmers
of our State.
The Teachers Assembly at Morehead
City this summer promises to be a huge
affair and a grand success. Among other
attractions the assembly has a brass band
and an orchestra of it's own, and Mr..
Harrell, the energetic secretary, is~en-
%deavoring to secure a file of each paper in
the State, during the term, for the pleas
TIRE of the Assembly. THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER will be there.
1t is proposed to hold an Educational
and Farmers Picnic at Cana, Davie
comfy, on the 10Th or 3Oth Of July. A
great crowd is expected, as the farmers
clubs of the county will be invited to
participate. Nopeople in the State know
better how to have a good time than do
the people of lively little Davie. We
hope we will be able to avail ourselves Of
most kind invitations to be present.
Accidents wiU happen in the best
regulated families-especially if the old
folks are away" and this was verified in
our paper last week. In speaking Of the
opposition to the transfer Of the Land
Scrip fund from the University to the
Agricultural College, the type made us say
that it was "gratifying to be assured
that we misrepresepted this action, when
it should have read misinterpreted. We
try not to neisrepresent anything.
Rev. DR.: Rosser, the eloquent evan
gelist, whose personnel and whose power
full ermon were so graphically described
sometime since by the Wilmington Star,
is now at LoqispPurg: We well rememz
Der a sermon If preached on one bright
Sabbath morning in the month Of May,
1864, at u campo the Rapidan. He
maintained that my tGraceis sufficient
for thee" and the power and e%loquence
Of that sermon we can never forget.
The local option election on Monday,
as far as heard from, resulted as follows:
Raleigh, dry, 81 majority; Henderson,
wet, 80 majority; Louisburg, wet, 2 to l
majority; Goldsboro, wet, 40 majority;
Winston, wet, SO majority; Cameron,
dry, "a majority; Washington, wet, 11s
majority Oxford, wet, 81 majority;
Charlotte, wet, 40 majority; Durham,
dry, 81 majority; Warrenton, dry, 2 ma
jority; Pittsboro dry, Concord dry, Kin
ston wet; Reidsville dry, 60 majority.
The Winston State Normal School
will have a patriotic opening on the fourth
Of July. The session will continue three
weeks. The exercises of the first day
will be especially interesting, as several
brief addresses by prominent speakers, in
terspersed with appropriate music, will
be special features of the occasion. Prof.
J. L. Tomlinson, Supt- Schools, Winston,
has been elected Superintendent, and
among the additional instructors we note
Prof. w. A. Blair, of the Winston Graded
School; Prof. D. B. Johnson, Supt.
Schools, Columbia, S. c.; Prof. Collier
Cobb, U. S. Geological. Survey; Prof.
Geo. E. Little, Washington, D. c.; Miss
A. E. Bonham, Columbia, S. G..
We have enjoyed the great pleasure
of being, recently, at the closing exercises
of Rock Rest High School, Monroe, N.
G. Prof. Taylor; Summerfeld Academy,
Summerfield, N. c., Prof. Blair; Mt. Yer
non Springs Academy, Mt. Vernon
Springs, NJ c., Prof. Johnson; Palmetto
Academy, Adamsville, S. c., Prof, john
son; Sanford Academy, Sanford, N. g.,
Prof. Kelly; and Holly Springs Institute,
Holly Springs, N. c., Prof. White. We
had intended to give an extended account
of our observations and impressions at
each of these schools, but we have been
too greatly pressed to do so. Suffice it to
say that they are excellent schools and
are doing a great and noble work in edu-
the youth of the State. We hope
to refer to them in the future.